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Protecting “our beautiful world” was at the heart of Sir David Attenborough’s National Television Awards acceptance speech. He and the team behind Blue Planet II picked up the Impact Award. The BBC One series has been credited with changing people’s perceptions towards plastics and influencing UK government environmental policy. Source link Facebook Twitter Google+ Pinterest […]

Image copyright ARIANESPACE/ESA Image caption It has been two decades of operation for the Ariane 5 Europe’s Ariane 5 rocket is set to make its 100th flight on Tuesday. It will lift two big satellites into orbit from its operating base in Kourou, French Guiana. Conceived originally to launch a European space shuttle, the rocket […]